The Real Generation Kill | Brad Colbert | Ep. 434
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🗓️ 23 February 2026
⏱️ 152 minutes
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Summary
Brad Colbert is a retired Marine Master Sergeant with 30 years of military and government service. He served with 1st Reconnaissance Battalion in Afghanistan in 2001 and during the 2003 invasion of Iraq, where he led Marines in combat and was later depicted in Generation Kill. After retiring from active duty, he continued working in support of the Intelligence Community before shifting his focus to leadership, resilience, and veteran advocacy through The Carry On Podcast and the Recon Foundation.
We talked about combat, responsibility, and what happens when the uniform comes off. A major part of this conversation was veteran mental health and the reality that too many men are still fighting alone. Brad is working to change that. This episode is about ownership, connection, and making sure the people who served don't suffer in silence.
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| 0:00.0 | Okay, got the red smoke. |
| 0:05.2 | Dr. Gun runs. North and south. West of the smoke. West of the smoke. |
| 0:11.3 | Okay, copy, west of the smoke. I'm looking at danger close now. |
| 0:15.8 | Come on winning, baby. Give it to me. I need it. You're cleared hot. |
| 0:19.4 | Can't be cleared hot. |
| 0:21.2 | Shall we? You ready for this? I'm ready when you are. Yeah. Let's start with your podcast. Okay. Since we're doing a podcast, how has your journey into it been? Where did the inspiration come from? Has it been what you thought it would be? Last questions first. No, it has not been what I thought it would be. It is actually manifested into something better and much different than I was initially starting out to do. What were you starting out to do? Fair point. I was really wanting to go back into my, you know, roots as a veteran, |
| 0:56.6 | learning what I had amassed along the way |
| 1:00.4 | and manifesting that into somewhat of an educational piece. |
| 1:06.2 | I, and I know you know what I'm talking about |
| 1:08.2 | when I mentioned this, have seen a lot of the |
| 1:11.1 | failures of the system in treating our vets. |
| 1:15.0 | I don't even know what you're talking about. |
| 1:16.4 | Right, right. |
| 1:17.9 | So let me mansplain it for you. |
| 1:19.7 | You would need to try hard to not see. |
| 1:22.3 | Fortunately, I think it's not the norm. |
| 1:26.4 | It can appear to be the norm depending on how loud or social or public |
| 1:30.5 | it can be. From what I have heard, it's one time maybe it was, but I am hearing about positive |
| 1:35.6 | movement in the other direction. 100%. Yeah. 100%. And sort of piggybacking on a comment that you made |
| 1:41.5 | earlier, it is not as fast as it could be. |
| 1:53.2 | So in addition to wanting to pay back to somewhat explain what I have learned about veterans' health and some of the new modalities, hopefully encourage people to destigmatize, |
| 1:59.3 | destigmatize mental health and asking for help. |
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